Fare-box.



W. COX.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FIL'ED JUNE 1. 19:4.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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FARE-BOX.

annual-"W eases.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed June 1, 1914'. lerial No. 842,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Cox, of the city of Toronto, in the countyof York and Province of Untario, Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and I hereby declarethat th following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a fare box in which the examining chamber isprovided with a hinged trap controlling the passage there through andoperated by a lever actuated by the movements of the cover which closesthe entrance to the examining chamber as hereinafter set forth andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings the figure is a broken perspective view of the fare boxshowing the relative construction and arrangement of the parts.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawmgs.

In the top 1 of the examining chamber 2 is the fare receiving entrance 3having a cover 41 provided with a spring tensioned hinge 5 which permitsof the cover being opened and automatically closes it, and de pendingfrom the cover t is an arm 6 to which is journaled a roller 7. I Vithinthe examining chamber 2 is a fare chute 8, and hinged to one side of thefare chute, at its lower end, is a trap 9, the free edge of which isprovided with serrations or fingers 10. The lower end of the oppositeside of the chute 8 is provided with serrations or depending fingers 11which intermesh with the serrations or fingers 10 so that when the trapis closed it will be impossible for a fare to enter between the loweredge of the chute and the inner side of the trap. Ihe trap 9 is providedwith a crank arm 12 which is engaged by the short arm 13 ofthe'operating lever 1d fulcrumed at 15 within the magazine; the long arm16 of the lever being engaged by the roller 7.

In the use of the fare box it is necessary to press the cover 4: inwardso that the fare can be dropped into the chute 8. During the inwardmovement of the cover t the roller 7 travels along the long lever arm 16from the vicinity of the fulcrum 15 toward the free end of the arm andduring its travel presses that end of the lever arm downward, rockingthe lever 14 on its fulcrum 15 and causing the short lever arm 13 tomove the crank arm 12 in the direction indicated by arrow. This movementof the crank arm 12 raises the trap from the position shown in fulllines in the drawings so that it will close the lower end of the chuteand prevent the fares in the examining chamber from being extractedtherefrom when the cover is in its open position.

When the fare is admitted and the opening pressure is removed from thecover 4 the spring tensioned hinge 5 causes the cover to automaticallyclose the entrance 3 and when the cover is closed the roller 7 resumesthe position shown in full lines on they drawing. During the closingmovement of the cover 4 the roller 7 travels toward the fulcrum 15 andpermits the lever 1a to rock on its fulcrum into the position shown infull lines in the drawings so that the short lever arm 18 will releasethe crank arm 12 and permit the trap to open and assume an inclinedposition with relation to the chute.

By-means of this construction, I am able to immediately deposit the farein the examining chamber and to effectively shut off all communicationbetween the examining chamber and the fare receiving entrance so thatthe fares cannot be extracted therefrom.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a fare box comprising an examining chamber having a fare receivingentrance, the combination of a trap hinged within the examining chamberto close the passage therethrough, a bell crank lever, one arm of whichis in operative relation with the trap, a movable cover for closing saidentrance, and means carried by the cover engaging the other arm andactuating the lever for the movements of the trap.

2. In a fare box comprising an examining chamber having a fare receivingentrance, the combination of a trap hinged within the examining chamberto close the passage therethrough, said trap having a crank arm, a bellcrank lever fulcrumed within the ex amining chamber, one arm of which iscontinually in engagement Withthe crank arm restoring the bell cranklever to an inoperalever and actuating it to close the trap durof thetrap, a movable cover for closing said tive position. entrance, andmeans carried by the cover Toronto, May 20th, 1914:. engaging the otherarmof thembelllorank WILLIAM COX zing the opening movement of the cover,the V Witnesses:

trap opening by gravity during the closing CHAS. H. RIoHEs, movement ofthe cover and automatically 7 PAR MoNTIGNY KENNEDY.

Copies oi'this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

